An Oil Spill, a Match and an Emergency Phone Call While removing the old Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) boiler building in the summer of 2009, the fuel storage tanks were exposed, and workers discovered that kerosene and diesel had overflowed sometime in the past, contaminating the surrounding ... Read more
God's Closet Launches New Chapter The Seventh-day Adventist Community Church of Vancouver (Wash.) opened their doors to more than 100 family units from the surrounding community on Nov. 11, 2011. Each unit received two shopping bags to fill with quality clothing items for children... Read more
Milo's Fall Festival Helps Worthy Students This year’s Fall Festival hosted by the Milo Adventist Academy (at Days Creek, Ore.) Student Association featured typical fundraising booths operated by classes and organizations. But this year there was an addition: a worthy student booth made by... Read more
Brother and Sister Baptized at Gladstone Park Church Brother and sister Joe and Abby Azrak were baptized at the Gladstone Park (Ore.) Church during the Sabbath worship hour Nov. 19, 2011, by Bob Uhrig, Gladstone Park Church pastor."I would like to know more about the judgment," Joe told Uhrig during... Read more
'Trashion' Show Held at HVJA Hood View Junior Academy (HVJA) in Boring, Ore., is proud of their Oregon Green School status. However, students took it to a new level for Recycling Awareness Week Nov. 14–18, 2011.Students in preschool through eighth grade created fashions out o... Read more
CHIP Graduation The Clark County CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Program) Association is proud to announce the graduation of 86 new CHIP participants at the Meadow Glade Church in Battle Ground, Wash., in 2011. Their graduation was a celebration with family and... Read more
PAA's International Program Expands Both international and American students at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) benefit from a new Smart Start Program.Organized by Maria Bibb, international director, Smart Start pairs new international students with American students before the sch... Read more
Record Crowds Turn Out for Journey to Bethlehem This year marked the 15th year the Kelso-Longview (Wash.) Church offered their production of Journey to Bethlehem. The event, which takes community members on a journey through which they can see, hear, smell, taste and feel a Bethlehem experience... Read more
The Cardboard Testimony Experience More than 60 Milo Adventist Academy students stepped out of their comfort zones during a recent worship experience and boldly declared what God had been doing in their lives. As music played and the audience watched expectantly, the students walke... Read more